Batch DVCPRO HD Frame Rate Converter PLEASE!

Any chance there is a way to Batch Process files with the Frame Rate Converter??
Please Apple Give us batch processing with frame rate converter.. It is a total time waste to have to convert 10s or even 100s of files one at a time..
Tx..
joe

I hear ya....BOY do I hear ya. I want that too.
Shane

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  • DVCPRO HD Frame rate converter not working

    Hello all
    I cant seem to get my frame rate converter to work. I shot the footage on my hvx200 at 720p30 and then put it in film mode and changed the frame rate to 60. Then I log and transfered it into FCP and when i go to convert it i keep getting the same message.
    www.okayyellow.com/errormessage.png
    does anyone know why? I have gotten some footage to convert before with no problems.
    Thanks
    Andrew

    Evening Films wrote:
    All worked well last time I did this (late March), but upgraded to Leopard since then and brought all FCStudio apps up to date at the same time.
    Looks like on import (log/transfer in FCP from Firestore) somehow the files are being flagged as having 'temporal compression', which can't be true if they're DVCPRO-HD, can it? Anyway the 'temporal compression' seems to be blocking the conform in CT, as well as the DFCPRO FRC in FCP.
    So I tried importing the files from the Firestore thru an older version of FCP (5.1.4) that I have on my PowerBook (the problems described above are on my Mac Pro). I then copied these files out of the capture folder over to the Mac Pro, and sure enough: no problems with 'temporal compression'. The files were all marked as "maximum quality" and were allowed to be conformed from 60 to 24 in CTools, and have dupl frames removed using the FRC as needed.
    So something appears to be broken with FCP 6.0.3 and how it imported this particular set of files on the Firestore.
    I should note that if I hadn't tried to conform or FRC these files, I might never have noticed that there was a problem - they behaved as normal 720/60 files when just viewing them.

  • Panasonic Frame Rate Converter available apart from FCP 6?

    The FCP 6 New Features pdf reads:
    "The DVCPRO HD Frame Rate Converter is now installed with Final Cut Pro. Both 720p60 and 720p50 footage can now be converted."
    Is this still a plugin, and is it available somewhere for older versions of FCP? The download on the Panasonic site is still the older version that doesn't handle 50fps.

    My thought is that it is available only as part of the FCP6 package and works internally with that.
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  • Dvcpro hd frame rate convertor

    i shot 720p at 60fps but it plays normal in my sequence and i can't convert it to slow motion in my timeline using dvcpro hd frame rate convertor. the option isn't greyed out but does nothing when is select it. am i doing something wrong?

    My timeline is ALSO 720p24 with most of my footage at 23.98. I have footage shot 60p that I can either cut in and render so that it matches the 24p look, OR I can use the DVCPRO HD frame rate converter and slow it down 2.5 times to make excellent slow motion.
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  • Poor Result using Panasonic Frame Rate Converter.  Please Help!

    Hey All,
    Myself and a crew of other university filmmakers shot some footage at 720P and 60 FPS on the Panasonic HVX-100 with the hopes of converting it to 24fps for smooth slow motion. We are using FCP 5.1.2 and the panasonic DVCPROHD Frame Rate Converter Tool. I am almost certain I am using the correct workflow for this, but the result yields footage that seems to be at the right speed, but is very jumpy, as if its only playing every 4th frame or so. I tried exporting the footage off the timeline as well to check and make sure it wasnt a playback problem, and it wasnt. It appears as if the converter is working incorrectly. This slow motion is vital for our project and I'm at my wits end trying to figure it out. Any help?

    Ok. I tried converting making sure that i didnt remove any frames on the import from the raw P2, as well as for the export. i tried all the combos of this. I still get the jumpy slow motion because of repeatyed frames. I did notice a combo in these repeated frames, it will play 3 of one frame, then 2 of another. could this be a pulldown problem somewhere?
    could you guys outline the settings you use to import (capture and editing timebases) as well as to edit on, and to process slow motin. I just want to make sure im not missing anything.
    The help is SO awesome. thanks for trying to work through this with me.

  • Frame Rate Converter wobblies

    Anyone had this problem.
    Digitise footage from a Panasonic AG1200 at 60fps (for Varicam DVCPRO HD)
    Use the Frame Rate Converter to create reference clips from the original footage (ie 60fps to 24) then import this reference clip to discover that is actually points to another clip that I've not even touched yet. Annoying.
    Second annoyance. The Frame Rate Converter throws up a message saying "The selected media file (media file name) cannot be processed by this tool. Only DCVPRO HD 720p 59.94 and 50 fps media files are supported"
    Inspection of the media file shows it to be fully compatible and is even from the same tape as ones that work fine previous (ie no camera alterations)
    I always feel the same working with FCP, even after all these years. Initial success followed by a gradual downfall of media reference mash up and confusion and ultimate meltdown.
    My solution now will be to go the more time consuming route of creating new quicktimes from the original media and importing those into the project.
    Any thoughts appreciated.

    how many hours do I have to loose in production discovering these issues before I can sit down and actually do the 'creative' stuff.
    This comes from experience. And this is true for any editing system. You don't know that a "feature" doesn't work right until you find out yourself, or if you happen to work with someone who knows that "hey, that feature doesn't work right." I always did the self contained thing until I worked with another guy on a project. He started doing the REF thing and it seemed to streamline the production. Until it came time to lock the show and prep it for output. Then we had relinking issues. So we had to go back, make self contained files, link to those, then replace the REF ones in the sequence. And no, we won't do that again.
    Before these forums this was something found out on the job from other editors. Or by yourself thru experience. But because you bring this up, not others who didn't know about this issue might be able to avoid it.
    Now, I have a blog where I write about my experiences in editing, and share my pitfalls and successes so that this information can get out there. I was always frustrated with some feature or another on an Avid until I went to a company with 15 editors, and one of them goes "Oh, that? I figured out a way to do that..." and then they showed me. These forums are a GLOBAL way of sharing that information.
    Until now, your issue really hadn't come up. And I will have to confess that I didn't blog about it. Dunno why, I should. But now many others will benefit from this experience. And if you hang out here daily, or even a couple days a week and read thru the posts, you will find all sorts of problems you can avoid.
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  • Third party DVCPROHD Frame Rate Converter not showing up in tools.

    How can I get a third party frame rate converter to appear in my FCP tools. I meet all system requirements... followed instructions. Not sure what is up. Any ideas?

    Yeah, I downloaded it from the site onto an older G5 with an ATI 9600 in it. I could never get it to work. It showed up in the menu but couldn't actually select it.
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  • DVCProHD frame rate converter strips out audio?

    Hi,
    We are doing a capture of DVCProHD material from DVCProHD tape. They are all coming in as DVCProHD 59.94 with 23.98 flag. Unfortunately when we captured, we captured everything as DVCProHD 59.94 with no pull down.
    We are hoping to remove the duplicate frames after the fact, and tried using the DVCProHD frame rate converter tool in FCP. However, upon reading and re-writing the file, we find that FCP strips out all the audio of the original file.
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    <Edited by Moderator>

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  • Want to change frame rate, help, please !!

    hi all,
    i want to know whether, jmf does provide any support for changing the frame rate ? is there any ways by which one can change the framerate, of a live captured video ?
    i came across one class "FrameRateControl" in jmf, tried it, but wasn't successful in changing the frame rate. plz help me guys.
    if u have came across, when doing live capturing using jmstudio, we can change the frame rate. can we do that in our programs tooo.
    please someone, wew64, watergad.......... help me out..........,
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    the code is here and it is working on windows, but the framerate could not be changed on linux. it keeps saying rcFormat is null on linux. Then I try to change the framerate with JMStudio, it doest not make any difference as well, it seems keep playing the video with preferred frame rate as well. Any ideas?
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    import java.awt.*;
    import java.io.*;
    import java.net.*;
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    import javax.media.format.VideoFormat;
    import javax.media.util.BufferToImage;
    import javax.media.protocol.*;
    import javax.swing.*;
    import java.util.*;
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    import com.sun.image.codec.jpeg.JPEGEncodeParam;
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                   Format tmpFormat = supportedFormats[6];
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                   System.out.println("tmpFormat.getEncoding() = " + tmpFormat.getEncoding());
                   System.out.println("Dimension size =" + ((VideoFormat)tmpFormat).getSize());     
                   System.out.println("maxDataLength =" + ((VideoFormat)tmpFormat).getMaxDataLength());     
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              if(player != null) {
                   player.close();
    public void destroy() {
              if (player != null) {
              player.close();
              player.deallocate();
    public void stop() {
              if (player != null ) {
              player.stop();

  • DVCPro HD frame rate issues

    I'm sure that this question has been asked before, but I performed a couple searches and couldn't find a thread to perfectly answer it.
    I have a tape that was shot (with the Pansasonic HDX900, shot to tape and not P2) at two formats, 720/24P and 720/60P. Most of the tape was shot at 24P, but the cameraman shot a few minutes shot at 60P to create slow motion. Both 24P and 60P are on the same tape. I am capturing directly from the camera, not from a deck. I have a couple issues:
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    It doesn't have that function and after consulting the manual (again) I am beginning to believe that playback control is only possible internally to the camera, rather than externally from another device. It doesn't explicitly state this, but the manual DOES specifically mention the record start/stop functions but has no mention of playback start and stop.
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  • Converting DVCPro HD frame rates

    Hello again mon saviors,
    I have DVCPro HD 1080i60 files shot from an HVX-200.
    How do i convert them to 720 24p?
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    I did the same and I just opened a timeline, dropped in the first clip and clicked "yes" when asked if it wanted me to change my timeline settings to match that of the clip. I've been able to work my project on my MBP without rendering everything every time I change something. The downside to this is that I seem to have had trouble importing photoshop files for video as it only exports to 23.98fps which seems to have a weird effect on the dimensions of the photo.
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  • DVCPRO PRO HD Frame Rate Converter

    After using DVCProHD FRC to remove duplicate frames from some 720/24 over 60 clips, I compared frames from the original 60 frame clips to the new 24 frame clips. Everything looked identical -- even down to the compression artifacts in any gradients in the image -- except one slight difference: there appeared to be a slight color shift in the entire frame -- ever so slightly more red/pink.
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    I know this is a pretty specific issue, but wondered if anyone else had noticed a similar effect.
    --Hans

    My thought is that it is available only as part of the FCP6 package and works internally with that.
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  • DVCPRO HD Frame Rate Conversion  add noise

    We have shot some footage (DVCPRO HD 720p 59:94) converted just fine for SloMo. Though noticed it adds more noise. The noise flickers and rotates. Anybody else have this problem. We think it might be a problem in post(in conversion) In production we used the varicam shooting at 60fps using pro 35mm adapter and using a swing and tilt lens. I believe the noise is coming from the adapter but not sure.
    PLEASE HELP!

    Sorry, but I do this a lot and I can't say that I have seen this issue.
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  • FCP ERROR when trying to convert variable frame rate Panasonic P2

    Ok, yesterday I was able to convert variable frame rate footage so it rendered out nice slo mo's via DVCPRO HD Frame rate converter in FCP 6.0.4, it worked perfect. I tried it multiple times - So I know it can be done... Today however I created the same "easy setup" in FCP I used yesterday, and it wont work?
    it comes up with the error:
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    has anyone heard of this happening? it seems like a program error... but I could be wrong... I haven't been able to figure it out on my own.
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    Lance Moody wrote:
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  • Change h.264 frame rate

    Hey, my 2nd question of the day.
    Got some brand new HD MOVs that are 1920 x 1080, 23.98, h.264 compressor. They seem to play fine in Final Cut. I have other clips that are 1280 x 720, 59.94, h.264 compressor. These 720 clips were shot in slow motion but are not playing in slow motion in Final Cut. I tried to use DVCPro HD Frame Rate Converter but obviously didn't work. Any other way I can convert the 59 frame rate to play in slow motion?

    Use Cinema Tools and CONFORM. But, get out of the H.264 codec first. H.264 is not an editing codec.
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